Powers/Abilities: An immensely powerful mystic entity, Hoggoth is a master in egocentric, ecocentric and exocentric
magic, derived from self, the environment, and from extradimensional
mystic principalities, respectively.

He is the oldest of the Vishanti, and is known for the power in his
pale, white hands. He also is associated with the Hosts of Hoggoth, the
spirits of the decesaed members of his race (also known as Hoggoth's grim clan or his horde).

His true form unrevealed (and allegedly incomprehensible to most
mortals, even adepts like Dr. Strange), he most frequently adopts a
tiger-like form to appear before human sorcerers, although he has also
adopted the humanoid face appearance sometimes uses by Agamotto).

Hoggoth often grants power to others via exocentric magic: The Path of Hoggoth and the "Mists of Hoggoth" act as a traveler's guide through Nightmare's realm. The "Spell of Hoggoth" causes sleep and forgetfulness.

The
Hand or Fist of Hoggoth is a powerful spell that generates a mystic hand that can strike and grasp
with great force as well as release energy to burn dark forces; further, it can bypass certain other spells, such as
lifting Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, which most living beings cannot
do.

Dr. Strange has also invoked the Hounds of Hoggoth, although we have
yet to observe them or see how they empower others...or know anything
about them in general.

Other powers granted by Hoggoth via spells include absorbing ambient
force; accelerate time around the caster; accessing
mystic realms (such as the Crimson Cosmos); amplifying other spells and
abilities; awakening an enchanted sleeper; banishing other beings;
bringing falling beings safely to the ground; conjuring winds;
dispelling
illusions; destroying prisons/restraints; exorcising demons; facilitate the ritual of delivery of the Crystal of Bas-Lyonesse; gaining
access to others' thoughts; neutralizing other spells; preventing
banished
beings from returning; protecting the spell-caster via a black globe;
shattering barriers; strengthening one's astral self; strengthening
the Cloak of Levitation for use as a weapon' strengthing locks; transferring pain and injuries to another source; and reverting
vampires to humanoid from bat form.

The "Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth" incantation calls upon the
ghosts of the deceased members of Hoggoth's race , presumably in addition to Hoggoth himself; they are commonly
used to introduce a spell of banishment. If successful it will send a
target to another dimension or point in Earth's dimension. The skilled
magician will be able to choose the location.

The Hosts also aid in banishing others' power; banishing storms; dispelling other mystic incantations; gaining control over another being; immobilizing others; generating a path of force (sufficient to cause even Galactus to lose his balance); making right what has gone wrong; move
inanimate matter; neutralizing conflicts (stopping fights and making
the fighters forget the struggle; replacing items to pre-fight state);
protect the spell-caster; restoring vigor; sending beings into the
past; and strengthening other spells (including those of Hoggoth's,
including the Fist of Hoggoth).

Dr. Strange has also referenced the "Hosts of the Vishanti"; it is
unrevealed whether this referred to the the Hosts of Hoggoth, or
whether there are other spirits associated with the Vishanti.

Hoggoth is also invoked in incantations connected to the Vishanti.

When united
with Oshtur and Hoggoth as the Vishanti, their combined powers are even
greater than the sum of their individual abilities. Some of
their
documented feats include transporting themselves or others across
dimensions, manipulating matter on an atomic level, manipulating time
and sending mystic power across dimensions to aid those deemed worthy. The Vishanti only become all-knowing when joined together as a triumvirate.Even the Vishanti could be controlled for increasing durations by those who held one to three Rings of Compulsion.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z
(hardcover) Vol. 7 (2009): Appendix: Magic (from the journals of Ian
McNee) (fb) - BTS) - Hoggoth
lived for centuries (perhaps millennia, hundreds of thousands, millions,
or even a larger volume of years) in isolation on his barren world with
only a host of ghosts (spirits of his dead kinsmen) to keep him
company.

(Marvel
Tarot (fb) - BTS / Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z
(hardcover) Vol. 7 (2009): Appendix: Magic (from the journals of Ian
McNee) (fb) - BTS)<At least millions, if not billions of years ago> - Already ancient, Hoggoth was discovered by Oshtur, an Elder Goddess from Earth exploring the universe. Oshtur learned much from Hoggoth, but
eventually she felt the time had come for her to continue her journey.
Oshtur was surprised when Hoggoth asked to join her.

Hoggoth helped Oshtur to understand the value of connecting
to other beings.

(Official
Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z
(hardcover) Vol. 7: Appendix: Magic (from the journals of Ian
McNee) (fb) - BTS) <Sometime after 25,000 BC> - After Oshtur's son Agamotto reached adulthood, he joined with
Oshtur and Hoggoth to form the mystic trinity known as the Vishanti.

(Marvel Tarot (fb) - BTS / Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z
(hardcover) Vol. 7: Appendix: Magic (from the journals of Ian
McNee) (fb) - BTS) - <Circa
15,000 BC> - Agamotto chose Shamhat Saraswati of Akah Ma'at to
succeed him as the next mystic protector of Earth. He gave her the Book
of the
Vishanti and the three Eyes of Agamotto, and she was the first to
officially hold the title of "Sorcerer Supreme" circa 15,000 BC. <more detail on the Sorcerer Supremes here>

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z
(hardcover) Vol. 7: Appendix: Magic (from the journals of Ian
McNee) (fb) - BTS) - Shamhat served as 15,000 to 10,000 BC (see comments),
until she became entangled in a civil war within Akah Ma'at that grew
so destructive that Oshtur banished the entire race from
the Earthly plane to the Plane of Sephirot.

(Official
Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z
(hardcover) Vol. 7: Appendix: Magic (from the journals of Ian
McNee) (fb) - BTS) - The sorcerer Genghis advised Agamotto to hold a contest to
determine the next Sorcerer Supreme, after which Genghis held the Time
of the Vishanti contest once every hundred years. In return, Genghis
was granted knowledge of the Vishanti (or perhaps Agamotto in specific).

(Marvel Graphic Novel: Dr. Strange and Dr. Doom: Triumph and
Torment (fb) - BTS) - Genghis made a pact with
forces beyond the Earthly sphere (the Vishanti, at least). In return
for knowledge, he agreed to bring together the world's greatest mystics once
every hundred years. He would then preside over a contest of sorcery which would
sorely test their skills, and would determine and acknowledge one among them as
Earth's Sorcerer Supreme.

(Marvel Graphic Novel: Dr. Strange and Dr. Doom: Triumph and
Torment (fb) - BTS) - Genghis performed his duty, conducting the contest during the Time of the Vishanti every century.

(Marvel Tarot (fb) - BTS / Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z
(hardcover) Vol. 7: Appendix: Magic (from the journals of Ian
McNee) (fb) - BTS) <10,000 BC> - Ayesha,
the Rain Queen of Balobedu, emerged as the first champion, accepting
Agamotto's talismans and the title of Sorcerer Supreme
until voluntarily stepping down after serving for nearly 5000 years (see comments)

(Marvel Tarot (fb) - BTS / Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z
(hardcover) Vol. 7: Appendix: Magic (from the journals of Ian
McNee) (fb) - BTS) - Solomon
was succeeded by his love, Balkis the Queen of Sheba who served until
550 BC when a series of Greek Philosopher/Sorcerers attempted to fill
the position of Sorcerer Supreme with a mystic triumvirate (to mirror the Vishanti's triad) with mixed
results. The triad included Thales
the Milesian (replaced by Epimenides of Knossos 500 BC), Pythagoras of
Samos (replaced by Empedocles of Agrigentum 470 BC), and Pherecydes of
Syros.

(Marvel Tarot (fb) - BTS / Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z
(hardcover) Vol. 7: Appendix: Magic (from the journals of Ian
McNee) (fb) - BTS) - Caius
of Lacedaemon defeated all three of the Sorcerer Supremes in the year
400 BC and reunited the Eyes of Agamotto, but the Vishanti seemed not
to care. The role of Sorcerer Supreme became less visible and less
important as time progressed.

(Marvel Tarot (fb) - BTS / Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z
(hardcover) Vol. 7: Appendix: Magic (from the journals of Ian
McNee) (fb) - BTS) - Zhang
Jiao took over in 100 AD, but with the
emergence of Christianity and its anti-magic sentiment, Agamotto and
the Vishanti remained mostly in the background.

(Marvel Tarot (fb) - BTS / Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z
(hardcover) Vol. 7: Appendix: Magic (from the journals of Ian
McNee) (fb) - BTS) - The
line of succession almost came to an end when the wizard Merlin won the
Battle of the Vishanti in the year 500 AD, but rejected the role of
Sorcerer Supreme.

A nameless sorcerer took up the mantle that Merlin
had rejected. This mysterious wizard was especially gifted at the art
of illusion, so accounts of his or her appearance are radically
different in every historical record. There is no information as to why
this individual wished to keep his or her true face and identity hidden (see comments).

(Marvel Tarot (fb) - BTS / Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z
(hardcover) Vol. 7: Appendix: Magic (from the journals of Ian
McNee) (fb) - BTS) - The
title did not truly return to prominence until 1450 AD, when a young
Yao (later the Ancient One) took the title and began to reestablish the
importance of the Sorcerer Supreme.

By this point, the Vishanti had
become so distant that the Ancient One actually received the Amulet of
Agamotto from Eternity and had to retrieve the Book of the Vishanti
from a Babylonian Griffon. Yao was able to reconnect with the Vishanti and other mystic principalities.

(Dr. Strange: Season One (fb) -
BTS) - Despite having the heart for mysticism during his training in
Kamar-Taj, Wong never mastered the words, and so the Vishanti never
answered his calls.

(Official
Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z
(hardcover) Vol. 7: Appendix: Magic (from the journals of Ian
McNee) (fb) - BTS) - In
the 1960s, Dr. Strange became the Ancient One's disciple, regularly
invoking the Vishanti, individually and as a collective.

(Dr.
Strange: Season One - BTS) - Although repeated invoking the Vishanti --
individually or together -- the neophyte disciple Stephen Strange was
repeatedly denied as unworthy because he primarily sought power to help
himself.

On a quest aided by Wong and
Sofia di Cosimo, Strange gathered a trio of mystic rings, the Rings of
Compulsion (the existence of which was discovered by the mystics of
Tsar Simeon in 915 AD), which would allow one to command the Vishanti.

(Dr. Strange: Season One) - Attacked
by angered spirits, after the Vishanti again refused his spell, Strange
donned the first ring, and exclaimed, "All right Vishanti, you show
yourselves, you damn sons of..."; and he fell silent when the Vishanti
indeed appeared.

Oshtur stated, "Souls
of the dead, spectral bane! The Vishanti command you -- begone from
this plane." The spirits vanished, but the Vishanti remained, and they
(or at least Hoggoth, or whoever was in the tiger's form) encircled and
lifted Strange into the air with a mystic tendril; Hoggoth stated,
"Unworthy worm! You have stolen the first ring of compulsion. And now
you have but three heartbeats left...to command our infinite power."

Strange swiftly replied, "Might Vishanti...lords of power arcane...by
this ring, I enjoin you...begone from this plane!" And they vanished as
well.

(Dr. Strange:
Season One - BTS) - After Strange began to sacrifice of himself to help
others, he began to be able to sense mystic energies.

(Dr. Strange: Season One - BTS) - When
they were attacked by demon-possessed sheep, Strange led Wong in
invoking Hoggoth and the Faltine to banish the demon-spirits.

(Dr.
Strange: Season One - BTS) - After they gathered the third ring,
however, Mordo appeared, intending to steal the rings.

(Dr. Strange: Season One) - To
prevent this, Wong donned the rings and commanded the Vishanti, but he
failed to tell them to defend him; as a result, Mordo mystically
enslaved Wong, placing the Vishanti at his command. When Mordo tried to
strike down Strange and Sofia, however, he found her protected by a
pre-existing spell from the Ancient One. As the Ancient One drew his
power from the Vishanti, Mordo was able to eventually break the
protective spell, but not before Sofia convinced Strange that he was
now worthy and could call on the Vishanti. He did so, and they finally
answered his spell, granting him flame power, which he used to blast
Mordo. Strange then battered Mordo into submission, and when Mordo
called on Dormammu to kill Strange, Mordo lost his concentration and
was caught in his own spell, which transported him away.

Strange then calmed and supported Wong until he could release the rings
to Strange; finally having the power to heal himself or get whatever he
wanted, Strange instead noted the rings weren't his and transported
them back to the Vishanti.

(Marvel
Premiere#5) - Battered
and weakened by Sligguth, Dr. Strange beseeched
the Vishanti to prevent Sligguth's then-master Shuma-Gorath from
conquering the world. The Vishanti then appeared before Strange, with Hoggoth noting how they would take
fleshly forms that Strange could comprehend without going mad.
Despite sensing Shuma-Gorath's evil influence in Sligguth, Hoggoth confirmed that they were
unwilling to directly aid Strange lest they upset the
cosmic balance and open the door to chaos: "Thus it is
written--thus must it ever be!"

The Vishanti then vanished back to a remote realm but continued to
speak to Strange, where Hoggoth told Strange all depended on him, but
then added that they could, for a little while, suspend the aura of
evil
that deprived Strange of his mystical strengths. The others agreed,
and Strange felt himself free of the weakening aura of evil,
which allowed him to overpower Sligguth and his minions.

(Marvel
Premiere#8 - BTS) - While trapped on the sentient planet Kathulos,
Strange considered that he might turn to the Vishanti if need be. Their
images appeared before him (or perhaps just in his mind?)

(Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme#3 - BTS) - After the former Defenders Andromeda
Attumasen, Interloper, Manslaughter and Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) defeated
the forces of the cosmic Dragon of the Moon at the Borders of the Land
of the Dead, an emissary of the Vishanti appeared to them and asked
them what they requested as reward for their service. At Manslaughter's
request, the Vishanti returned them to life via aid from Dr. Strange,
who bound their spirits to mortal hosts.

(Marvel Graphic Novel: Dr. Strange and Dr. Doom: Triumph and
Torment) - After
Genghis explained the purpose of the gathering, the Vishanti
themselves then appeared and confirmed his statements. Hoggoth
specified that the victor would become the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth,
and Agamotto added that after that mage had been identified, a boon
would be granted, and lives would be changed. Oshtur further clarified
that any such changes must be of each of the attendant's doing and by
their own free will: "No mortal shall be forced to take part...this is
not the way of the Vishanti." Finally, Agamotto instructed the kneeling attendants to rise, and to let any depart who so wished. None chose to leave.

The
Genghis then called upon the Vishanti to encase him in mystic crystal, after
which they explained that the one who freed the Genghis from their embrace would
win the contest.

(Marvel Graphic Novel: Dr. Strange and Dr. Doom: Triumph and
Torment - BTS) - Succeeding in overcoming the others and releasing
the Genghis, Dr. Strange accepted the honor, though he declined the boon,
but the Genghis explained that the Sorcerer Supreme does not receive the
boon...he must grant it...to any other mystic who evaded the power of the
crystal. Only one other mystic had done so: Dr. Doom. Genghis told Strange that he
was duty-bound to fulfill Doom's wishes to the best of his ability. Strange
reluctantly agreed when Doom revealed his desire to free his mother, Cynthia von
Doom, from the clutches of Mephisto.

Stating that his duty was done for another
century, Genghis vanished, returning to his cave where his mind quickly degenerated
into senility once again, and the Temple collapsed without his magic to support
it.

(Dr.
Strange: Sorcerer Supreme#43 (fb) - BTS) - During the "Infinity War,"
when the Magus threatened Reality-616, Agamotto transported Dr.
Strange, and Amulet,
Eye, and Orb of Agamotto to his realm because he was upset that Strange
was allowing them to be used by others for whom they were not attended
(specifically Galactus and Rintrah, who were searching for the Magus
and Strange, respectively). Unable to escape on his own, Strange
transported Galactus to Agamotto's realm, and Galactus and Agamotto
fought furiously over the right to the magic items. Strange used the
distraction to escape the Orb and hurl
mystic energy in all directions, which alerted Hoggoth and Oshtur of
these events.

(Dr.
Strange: Sorcerer Supreme#43 (fb) - BTS) - Hoggoth
and Oshtur
appeared in Agamotto's realm and together cried out for him to hold.
When Agamotto asked who dared give him orders in his own realm, Hoggoth asked that Agamotto avoid lowering himself to
Galactus' arrogant violence. Hoggoth confirmed that they had summoned
by Strange, while Oshtur further clarified that had Strange
not made them aware, they might not have learned until it was too late.
When Agamotto asked if they had come to help him annihilate the
intruder
(Galactus), Hoggoth explained that they wished him to allow Galactus
and Strange to depart, and Oshtur added that mystic vibrations from the
forces Strange and Galactus were seeking/opposing were already wreaking
havoc with other dimensions, including their own. They further reminded
Agamotto of the first law of the Vishanti, "With great power, there
must also come great responsiblity" (see comments).
Agamotto humbling agreed they were right and explained that his concern
over his Orb and "Amulet Eyes" caused him to lose sight of his ultimate
duty to the multiverse. Oshtur and Hoggoth then departed, and Agamotto
returned to his cartoon-ish caterpillar form, granting Strange leave to
take the Amulet, Eye, and Orb of Agamotto with him and depart, but
advised him to hurry before he changed his mind.

(Dr.
Strange: Sorcerer Supreme#48) - When Dr. Strange invoked the Vishanti
against Ygothic Cyclopeans, the Vishanti provided him the power they sought and
then summoned him into their realm. Oshtur warned that the War of the Seven
Spheres would soon rage across the planes of Heaven and added that the
cyclopeans were agents of forces wishing to prevent Strange from
becoming a participant. After Hoggoth showed Strange images of their
primary antagonists, the Trinity of Ashes, Agamotto explained that the
other principalities had their own enemies. Oshtur then shared this was
the enactment of a predestined cyclical conflict, and that the Vishanti
and Trinity were assigned the roles of opposing forces, while Strange's
destiny was intertwined with the Vishanti's.

Strange expressed interest in helping, and Oshtur told him they had
grave need of mystic warriors of his power level and that he must
travel with them to the designated plane of combat. After learning that
the conflict was expected to take 5000 years, Strange declined even
after Hoggoth told him they could extend his lifespan to beyond this
time, as he was unwilling to leave Earth unprotected for that long. The
Vishanti were
collectively irate that he who had received their assistance in the
course of his own battles countless times past now rejected their call.
When they insisted, and unleashed
mystic bolts of enthrallment, Strange -- realizing he had no hope of
combatting them and could not hide within their dimension -- attempted
to escape in what he saw as the only means, transmigration through
singularity. He appeared to succeed, but was then cast into a
threatening mystic realm.

(Dr.
Strange: Sorcerer Supreme#49) - As Dr. Strange invoked other mystic
principalities, such as Watoomb, Ikonn, and Cyttorak, they, too, tried
to conscript to their services in the War of the Seven Spheres. To
escape these forces without further invocations, he activated the Eye
of Agamotto, which led him back to the Vishanti. As the other
Principalities -- including Cyttorak, Denak, the Faltine, Ikonn,
Munipoor, Raggadorr, Satannish, the Seraphim, Valtorr, and
Watoomb -- arrived and challenged the Vishanti for the right to
utilize Strange as their agent, Strange recited the Emancipation
Incantation, freeing him from servitude to any of these Principalities,
but also denying him further access to their support and power. After
he confirmed that he was willing to sacrifice that to retain his
freedom on Earth, Strange was cast back to his Sanctum Sanctorum.

(Dr.
Strange: Sorcerer Supreme#54 (fb) - BTS) - The Vishanti engaged in
battle with the Trinity of Ashes, who were at least their equal in
power.

(Dr. Strange: Sorcerer Supreme#54 - BTS) - Sensing the menace of the Goddess (Adam Warlock's "good"
aspect split off by the Infinity Gems), Dr. Strange decided he needed
to regain the backing of the principalities (and the title of Sorcerer
Supreme).

(Dr.
Strange: Sorcerer Supreme#54) - Dr. Strange traveled to the
Vishanti's realm and was overwhelmed by the blinding waves of forces
released from their battle with the Trinity of Ashes. He realized he
could not regain their support at this time nor the support of any
other principalities; in fact, it was all he could do to flee and to
pray, to any who might be listening, that the War of the Seven Spheres
did not break its dimensional bonds and spill over into Earth's
universe.

(Dr.
Strange: Sorcerer Supreme#71 (fb) - BTS) - As the Sorcereress Supreme
Salome' repeatedly called for the Vishanti, they refused to answer
her.

(Dr.
Strange: Sorcerer Supreme#71) - Eventually, the Vishanti shifted Salome
out of her reality and into theirs, where she was chastised for her arrogance.

Salome asked them to have mercy, acknowleding that her own passions
sometimes made her impertinent and that only they could help her. She
told them that they shared her insatiable desire for the utter
destruction of the renegade Dr. Strange.

(Dr.
Strange: Sorcerer Supreme#72 (fb) - BTS) - While their immediate thought was to
destroy her, the Vishanti felt that her desire to humble Strange may yet serve
the greater good of all.

The Living Tribunal then appeared, and after hearing the testimony noted, "The all of
Slorioth has ever been too vast for any lone dimensionality and --
though his omnivorous nature demands a steady, continual expanse -- at
this juncture he must content himself with other vistas for the
nonce!" And, with that, Slorioth was banished extradimensionally

(Dr.
Strange: Sorcerer Supreme#75 - BTS) - Strange defeated and banished Salome', reclaiming the title he had never officially lost.

(Dr.
Strange, Sorcerer Supreme#80 (fb) - BTS) - After Strange began deriving
power from the Gaian aura (the magical field emanating from the planet
itself), the Vishanti came back, realizing he was now excellent soldier
material. As he owed the Vishanti a debt and the alternative involved
incineration, Strange accepted their offer.

Over "some considerable time," Strange performed as needed, eventually exhausting the Gaian aura.

Strange spent a great deal of time in the Vishanti's library, learning
of a new source of occult potential -- catastrophe magic accessed via a
solar system syzygy from which he could derive power 4 months after he
had left Earth to serve the Vishanti. Learning the spell to acquire
this power via the Vishanti's library, Strange had a long time to work
out all the theory.

During this time, the Vishanti's skills ensured he only aged a year in
their service, while, at his request, they agreed to return him to
Manhattan over 4 months after he left.

(Axis:
Revolutions#1/2 (fb) - BTS) - Affected by the Xavier's brain-empowered
Red Skull's planet-wide hate power, Strange tried to commune with
Hoggoth. Maddened, Strange cursed Hoggoth as an incorporeal bastard (as
he threw the Orb of Agamotto through a window of his Sanctum
Sanctorum), after which he cursed Wong for interrupting his extremely
delicate communion with "this dungwitted deity...I swear I've had it up to here with his hoarier-than-thou cr--."

(New
Avengers II#5 (fb) - BTS / Avengers: Roll Call#1: Agamotto entry / New Avengers II#1-6
- BTS)
- Apparently cast out of the Vishanti, Agamotto lost most of his powers
and sought to reclaim the Eye of Agamotto to protect himself from the
other Vishanti. This apparently leading him to seek to reclaim the Eye
of Agamotto by force, as he seemingly could not otherwise recover it by
other means. Agamotto was seemingly destroyed in battle with the
Eye-wielding Dr. Voodoo.

(New
Avengers II#5 (fb) - BTS / Avengers: Roll Call#1: Agamotto entry / New Avengers II#1-6
- BTS)
- Apparently cast out of the Vishanti, Agamotto lost most of his powers
and sought to reclaim the Eye of Agamotto to protect himself from the
other Vishanti. This apparently leading him to seek to reclaim the Eye
of Agamotto by force, as he seemingly could not otherwise recover it by
other means. Agamotto was seemingly destroyed in battle with the
Eye-wielding Dr. Voodoo.

(Dr. Strange V#383 (fb)) - Dr. Strange was victorious
in his third Tournament of the Vishanti, but the Vishanti told him they
had chosen a new Sorcerer Supreme and they thanked him for his service.
Agamotto named Loki Laufeyson as the new Sorcerer Supreme, with Oshtur
explaining that a mortal could no longer fulfill the role and Hoggoth
making the official appointment to Loki; this was much to the surprise
of Strange and Loki, the latter of whom had not competed (or even been
invited) to the tournament. Agamotto and Oshtur further explained that,
while they were not blind to the troubles of his past, they had looked
into Loki's heart and found caution, restraint, regret, and atonement.
Hoggoth asked Loki if it was correct that he wished to change and to forge
a better path, and at Loki's ascent, Agamotto told him he would need
those feelings to face what was to come.

When the Vishanti dismissed Strange, he began to angrily argue, but
Hoggoth silenced him, noting his raising his words to them, as well as the hatred
and pettiness crawling and twisting in his soul. Oshtur instructed him
to bear witness to his own heart, and Agamotto asked after all that they
had given him that he had lost, and (Hoggoth continued) after all the
times he had failed this realm, (in unison, they finished) did he truly
believe you are still fit to wear the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme?

Comments: Name given by Stan Lee; pictured and mentioned by Gardner F. Fox, Irv Wesley, and Don Perlin; and given a little history by David Sexton.

This profile focuses on Hoggoth; Agamotto, Oshtur, and the
Vishanti have their own profiles now, whew!

Hoary, at least in this context, of course, means extremely old or ancient.

As far as I could determine from my reviews, the first time the membership of the Vishanti was spelled out as Agamotto, Hoggoth, and Oshtur was during a spell in Dr. Strange II#49. If you're aware of an earlier such revelation, please let me know!
Also, as far as I now, it was the Vishanti profile in the Deluxe
version of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe that identified
who was who among the images of the group.

"With
great power, there must also come great responsiblity" -- obviously
this saw print first in the origin of Spider-Man circa Amazing
Fantasy#15, 1962, this is apparently the First Law of the Vishanti.

I had wondered about the identity of the unidentified
shape-changer who had taken over the role of Sorcerer Supreme after
Merlin refused it circa 500 AD...I asked Marvel Tarot writer David Sexton who this was meant to be, and he revealed "My
idea was that this would actually turn out to be Rintrah. Traveling
back in time and using his mystical Weaving skills to weave disguises
for himself. In my brain he is only in the past for awhile and then he returns to the present as strong as Strange."

We don't know exactly how long ago Demogorge drove Set and Chthon from
Earth, but we know that a later battle between Set and Demogorge took
place around 65 million BC, so the original exile had to take place
sometime before that. And Oshtur was away during the original exile,
when she met Hoggoth...but whether that was 70 million, 100 million,
500 million, or 1 billion years ago, we don't now.

The Marvel Tarot listed Shamhat Saraswati as having been Sorcerer Supreme from 15,000 to 11,000. Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z
(hardcover) Vol. 7 (2009): Appendix: Magic (from the journals
of Ian
McNee) lists the succession of Sorcerer Supremes in much greater
detail, and notes that she was active until 10,000 BC, at which point
the Bird Men of Akah Ma'at were banished from Earth. It makes sense
that the Tarot was McNee's preliminary investigations, while his
journal detailed the final information, which also matched the info in
the Book of the Vishanti. Since Shamhat was apparently banished
from Earth with all of the Bird-Men of Akah Ma'at by Oshtur, and the
Bird Men were around circa 10,000 BC when Conan encountered them, they
would have to have been banished after that, so the 10,000 BC date makes the most sense.

Dr. Strange: Season One. Is it in-616-continuity? Could it be in-616-continuity?
I can tell you for a fact from experience that there are certain
editors who, if asked, will make a shoot from the hip decision without
evaluating individual stories based on their merits. For example, we've
been told repeatedly that Marvel Knights stories are not-616
continuity, only to see it consistently revealed otherwise in-stories.
We are forced to shoe-horn in continuity-contradicting stories by
certain popular writers, but have to ignore others because the title of
the book made it "not count." Certain editors hate ret-con series
(Spider-Man and Fantastic, for example, have
significant contradictions), let's examine the story on its merits and
decide could it be in-continuity.

This story is supposed to take place during
and/or right after Strange's origin in Strange Tales I#115.

Wong's
behavior is markedly different than anything we've ever seen, but it
starts before we saw him in his status quo, and ended reasonably in a
place that would have gotten him to be like we first saw him.

The
dialogue between Stange, Mordo, and the Ancient One is different, but
the plot is similar enough, that I think it could be chalked up to
artistic license, or perhaps information from a diferent point of view
(Strange, Mordo, and the Ancient One all might recall things somewhat
differently)

I don't
think anything actually is in contradiction to past stories. It is a
really good story, and I don't see
anything that would rule it out.

For what it's worth, it doesn't
surprise me that Doctor Strange (who wasn't in a lot
of other media at the time) had less contradictions than the more
"tinkered with in other media" ones. At the time when they were first starting to come out, they were
described as "continuity lite" and "not intended for the comics fans,
but rather the movie fans." Also, when asked if they were canon in
interviews (in those old weekly EIC interviews), the
answer was something like "we'll leave that up to the fans to decide."
Which has always been (as I understand public editorial responses not
wanting to hurt sales) code for "They're not 616."
I've always considered them all to be in one "Season One" universe, personally. For what it's worth.-Daron Jensen

Mystics I didn't see at the Temple of the Three included Turhan Barim, Count
Carezzi, Jaine Cutter
(though she may not have yet gained her power at the time of this story), Dr.
Druid, Agatha Harkness, "Dust"
Johannsen, Rama Kaliph, Omar Karindu, James Mandarin,
the Obeahman, Amanda Sefton,
Avram Siegel,
Margali Szardos, Jakita Wegener, or any of Strange's
other mystic allies and associates. However, they could have been in the
shadows.
Also, there are a BUNCH of long-time sorcerers introduced in Jason
Aaron's Last Days of Magic story arc. Presumably, some, if not many, of
these invoked the Vishanti. I'll let the story complete and then wind
down for a few years, and then we'll cover all of those characters
eventually, too.

Oshtur noted that "many" present at the Temple of the Three had called
on them to empower their spells, and that they had answered.

According to the story in New Avengers, the Vishanti had rejected
Agamotto, after which Agamotto perished. However, Agamotto did not perish (or he "got better!," as
Strange contacted and viewed him in Axis Revolutions and then Agamotto was back with the Vishanti as if nothing had changed in Dr. Strange V#383 Either that was
not Agamotto in the New Avengers story, or perhaps it was the real Agamotto,
manipulating others for his own ends; or maybe he was somehow corrupted, or had some aspect of himself go bad/renegade...

There
is a list of spells and invocations involving Hoggoth alone or with the Vishanti. The invocations
which produced an effect could means that the subject called was
"behind the scenes".Some invocations are taken by Catherine Yronwode's web site:The Lesser Book of the Vishanti,
the greater part were added by me. Nonetheless the list is not complete
and some spells are still in Italian version (or poorly translated via Babelfish). If it is highlighted, the spell from the English version is needed...please sent the English versions to Snood. Thanks to Markus Raymond and Julien for providing many of the ones Spidermay could not. If not specified
otherwise, the caster is Doctor Strange.--Spidermay

Dr. Strange: Season One (fb):

Banish:

Forces of Darkness...

By the light of the Vishanti,Protectors of Earth,Return to Dormammu,Source of your birth!

[The demons of Dormammu attacking the Ancient One were sent back to the Dark Dimension]

Wong
asked the Vishanti's forgiveness as he attempted to punch Stephen
Strange (having mistaken him for Mordo), and Strange blocked him with
the Book of the Vishanti, causing Wong to punch it.

Exorcise and banish demon-spirits

By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth!By the Faltine's fiercest fire!Seek out this dark enchanter--And banish his desire!

[Strange and Wong banished demon-spirits possessing sheep]

Marvel: the Lost Generation#8:

By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth, tighten every eldritch lock...seal this vault o mighty Oshtur, bond this metal to the rock![Note: sealed Diablo's cage.]

Strange Tales I#115: Banish: Vapors of Valtorr

I summon the powers of the Vishanti!By the spell of the Dread Dormammu,in the name of the All-Seeing Agamotto --all thy powers I summon ---begone, Forces of Darkness!!

[Note: Cast by the Ancient One. A flash of light, and the Vapors vanished.]

Strange Tales I#169 (fb): Banish: Flames of the Faltine

Begone, forces of darkness!By the power of the all-knowing Vishanti--by the vision of the all-seeing Vishanti,I command you... begone![Ancient One]

Strange Tales I#116: Conjure: the Mists of Hoggoth and the Path of Hoggoth

In the name of the Dread Dormammu --in the name of the All-Seeing Agamotto --by the powers that dwell in darkness --I summon the Hosts of Hoggoth!Lead me to the source of evil!Obey the words of Dr. Strange!

[Note:
this is said to be a "dangerous" incantation. The Mist of Hoggoth was a
whirling circular mist and the Path of Hoggoth was a narrow enchanted
path which led in the Mist and continued in another dimension till to
the goal of Strange's research. It was a safe path but the Spell of
Hoggoth protected Strange only if he did not step out of it. Once in
trance, Strange's ethereal self entered in the Mist of Hoggoth and
arrived in Nightmare's realm. A dark evil bolt shot by Nightmare did
not harm Strange, nor the path already trod, but the path still to be
covered was destroyed.

Strange Tales I#117/2: Conjure: Enchanted Light

By the power of the Vishanti --in the name of the All-Seeing Ancient One --I summon all the forces of good --and focus their blinding power upon you,through the facets of this ring!

By the grey specter of the Vishanti,I summon all the mystic forces of the shadow worlds...I call on the hosts of darkness...strike...strike at the command of your master!

Strange Tales I#119/2

Exclamation:By the beard of the Vishanti!

Enchanted Encantation:

Hoggoth, protect me!To my aid, Dormammu and the mighty Vishanti!

Strange Tales I#120/2:

Banish Eerie Imprisoning Mists

In the name of the Dread Dormammu!!By the Hosts of the Hoary Hoggoth!I call upon the Mystic Realm!Let the fury of the ageless Vishanti show itself --Dr. Strange commands!By the twelve moons of Munnopor --my will must be done!!

[after the mists dissolved]

It is done!In the name of the venerated Ancient One, I dismiss the powers that be!They have served me well!

Banish: a Being to its Home Dimension

Let the vapors of the Vishanti drive you from the sight of man!Let the mystic Hosts of Hoggoth prevent you from ever returning again!

Strange Tales I#121:

Strange protected his physical body with the power of the Vishanti before leaving it in his astral form [BTS].

Banish: Beings From Whence They Came

Begone denizens of the dark!Let the clean light of my enchanted amulet bathe over you!Let all the Hosts of Hoggoth send you back to the nether-world from whence you came!!Begone -- I command you!!

[Note:
Used in conjunction with the Eye of Agamotto against Mordo's
ectoplasmic allies. A beam from the eye and yellow red flames from
Strange's hands banished the monsters.]

Strange Tales I#122: Control:

Whoever you are--whatever your sinister mission--by the Hosts of Hoggoth I command you to put yourself under my control!

[Uneffective, because it was spelt during a dream, so probably Hoggoth did not grant his magic power.]

Strange Tales I#123: Conjure: Hand

In the name of the Dread Dormammu --by the power of the deathless Vishanti --I call upon the Hosts of Hoggoth!heed the words of thy mortal servant!

[Note:
Strange conjured a diamond-hard, metallic giant hand, under his mental
control. The Hand came from a shadowy dimension, possible home of
Hoggoth's Hosts. It was so strong that it was capable to seize Mjolnir
from the very hand of Thor. It was probably the first appearance of the
Hand of Hoggoth, also called the Fist of Hoggoth.]

Strange Tales I#124: Time: Travel to the Past

By the power of the Dread Dormammu!By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!I bid you fade -- fade -- fade away!Take shape again in yesterday!

[Mordo launched some black bolts but his force beams vanished because Hoggoth does not help evil guys!]

Conjure: Blinding light of the Vishanti.

Strange Tales I#126/Doctor Strange II#3 (fb):

Light
of the Vishanti. The beam from the amulet pierced through the pocket
which engulfed Strange then it hit the minion of Dormammu. Once bathed
in the light, Strange could imprison him for as long as he desired.

Banish:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth, thing of evil-- begone!

Strange Tales I#127/Doctor Strange II#3 (fb):

Strange conjured the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth to dispel a Fade to Nothingness spell of Dormammu.

Strange Tales I#127: The Ancient One strengthened Doctor Strange:

May the light of the Vishanti shine upon dr. Strange...and may the omnipotent Oshtur grant him wisdom and strength.

Strange Tales I#127: Stan Lee's greetings in the last ballon:May you and your loved ones bathe in the light of the Vishanti!

Strange Tales I#128:

Hear my words, power of darkness!!Let all the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth assemble--And, upon my command,let the one called Doctor Strange no exist more!

[The Demon's spell had no effect on Strange because it was launched on an illusion.]

Strange
used the powers of the eternal Vishanti to create a shield which
vanquished the Shades of the Seraphim launchd by The Demon.

Strange Tales I#129:

Control: Mind

May the Hosts of the Vishanti help me!...Put down you wand! Put down your wand!

[Note: with the only force of thought and the help of the Hosts of the Vishanti (!) Strange forced Tiboro to drop his wand.]

Exclamation:Help me, oh hosts of the Vishanti, to weaken this menace!Claim by Stan Lee in the last balloon:And now, as truly as the Vishanti exist in the cosmos whe shall surely meet again!

Exclamation:I greet you in the name of the Vishanti, my son![Ancient One]Exclamation:By the eternal Vishanti...Exclamation:The hosts of Hoggoth be praised![ex-prisoner of Dormammu]Exclamation:May the Vishanti protect you![Clea]Explanation:The Vishanti are almost the same as the hosts of Hoggoth, except they have blue eyes![Letters page, Stan Lee.]

Strange Tales I#149:

Banish: Mystic bonds:

By the omnipotent Oshtur --by the enchanted realm of the Vishanti --let these mystic bonds melt into the void!Thus do the Ancient One and Dr. Strange command!

[Doctor Strange and the Ancient One freed themselves from Kaluu's enchantment]

Strange Tales I#150: Exclamation:The Book of the Vishanti! The Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth be praised!

Strange Tales I#151:

Exclamation (fb):May the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth be ever at my sideOath:...by all the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth...

Strange Tales I#152:

Exclamation:...by the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth...Exclamation:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth...

Strange Tales I#153:

Exclamation::By the Hoggoth's Hoary Hosts, I shall overcome!Exclamation:Blessed be the Vishanti!Banish: an Enchanted Prison

Exclamation:Once again the eternal Vishanti have smiled upon us... praise to their name!

[Note:
Trapped in a realm of non-existence, Strange had to wait for his true
self to pass, in order to merge with him. The true selves of Doctor
Strange and Clea arrived soon.]

Exclamation:By all the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth -- I shall not fail!

[Note:
The Ancient One sustained a Bridge of Elemental Thought which crossed
universes and dimensions. Using his own very life's essence, the
Ancient One let the brige resist to the fury of a sorcerous storm
released by Umar.]

Exclamation:...praise be the eternal Vishanti![Ancient One]

Strange Tales I#156: Exclamation:The Vishanti be praised...

Strange Tales I#157:

In the name of the eternal Vishanti--by the omniscience of my departed mentor--let the distortion cease!

Oath:

Hear me, monstrous one!As the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth be my judge,I do now vow--you shall be crushed!

Uncanny X-Men#33:

By dread Dormammu's deadly twin--by Hoggoth's hoary strands--let these two now descend within...the Ruby of Crimson Bands [Note: Cyclops and Marvel Girl entered the Crimson Cosmos via a spell mentally revealed to them by Dr. Strange]

Fantastic Four annual#3 Exclamation: By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth... (Strange had just banished the Red Ghost and his apes to a distant nether world)

Strange Tales I#158:

Exclamation:May the eternal Vishanti protect me!

[Even so, the prison created by the Living Tribunal, made of Rings ofRaggador,
continued to shrink around Strange. Strange had also to use the power
donated to him by the Ancient One to shatter the mystic bonds.]

By Hoggoth's grim clan...by Valtorr's dread clime...let arms and their mannow fade from this time!!

[Strange banished Nightmare's pawns]

Sub-Mariner#22: Exclamation:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth...

Fantastic
Four: World's greatest comics#3: Strange conjured the Shield of the
Seraphim with the aid of the eternal Vishanti.

Marvel Feature I#1:

I call for aid upon Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth...
the darksome Demons of Denak...
upon the name of the omnipotent Oshtur...
aye...even upon...the supreme Satannish...himself...!

[To strengthen the astral form and penetrate a steel wall.]

Conjure: Psychic Shield:In the name of the eternal Vishanti...touch me
not!

Amazing Spider-Man#109: Mind Control: Free

In the name of the eternal Vishanti..
let the trance be done!
Let the veil be torn!
With new life begun..be you now..reborn!

[Strange broke a protective trance of an old oriental sage.]

Defenders I#1: Exclamation:By the Hosts of Hoggoth...

Defenders I#3:

Exclamation:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth...Exclamation:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth...

Defenders I#6: Exclamation:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!

Marvel Premiere I#3: Control: Stop a Truck:Halt -- In the name of the Vishanti![Note: Dr. Strange only imagined he had spoken this spell. Exclamation: By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth! I shall not break!

Marvel Premiere I#4 Exclamation: By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!

Marvel Premiere I#5:

Conjure: Crystals of Cyttorak:

May the all-wise Vishanti...aid me!
Let the Crimson Crystals of Cyttorak...strike Sligguth!

Summon: Vishanti:

You who are the Vishanti..
you good ones of the Universe!
Lend me your powers!

[The three Vishanti appeared before Strange.]

Exclamation:By the omnipotent Oshtur!

Marvel Premiere I#6: Control: By Means of a Cloak:By the Sacred Vishanti -- Let my Cloak of Levitation rise -- and pull that trident from her grasp!

Marvel Premiere I#7 Conjure: ..while I test this hideous being with the Hook of Hoggoth.. and the Roving Ring of Raggador!

Marvel Premiere I#8: Banish: Hounted house:

In the name of the eternal Vishanti..I call upon your
mystic powers!
Heed my summons you who dwell in other spheres and distant
universes!
Let those who watch our world in their eternal guardianship add
their mystic mights to mine
Now, you powers of good! Now you who protect our world from
lurking evil..strike!

Marvel Premiere I#9: Exclamation:By the name of the eternal Vishanti and of the Omnipotent Oshtur...

Marvel Premiere I#10: Exclamation:In the name of the eternal Vishanti...[Strange interrupted the casting and converted the spell in a Defensive Shield fromShuma-Gorath's attack.]

Defenders I#9:

Exclamation:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!

In the Exhalted name of the eternal Vishanti--and other gods beyond and below--let the strength and cunning of these, my enemies--from their mortal bodies flow!

Marvel Premiere I#12: Conjure:And, by the many hosts of Hoggoth... so be it!

Marvel Premiere#14 Exclamation: By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth!

Doctor Strange II#4: Spell Against Death Which Was "Not Permitted":In the name of the Eternal Vishanti, through the hands of omnipotent Oshtur --[Strange did not finish the casting, so probably Oshtur and the Vishanti did not intervene.]

Defenders I#15: Exclamation:By the Vishanti!

Defenders I#16: Exclamation:By the Vishanti!

Defenders I#17: Exclamation:By the Vishanti!

Doctor Strange II#6: Exclamation:Bythe Eternal Vishanti!

Doctor Strange II#7:

Exclamation:By the hosts of Hoggoth!Conjure: The Circle of Cyttorak:In the name of the Eternal Vishanti, grant me the Circle of Cyttorak!

Doctor Strange II#8: Exclamation: Vishanti protect me![Clea]

Ghost Rider I#30: Exclamation:May the Vishanti guide you![Wong]

Ghost Rider I#31: Exclamation:In the name of the eternal Vishanti...[Clea]

Giant-Size Defenders#5: Strange conjured the Eternal Vishanti and transformed Eelar into its original form

Defenders I#26: Space: Teleportation + Control: Mind: Record erasing:

Close your eyes,Envision the house wherein you dwell,And by the power of the eternal Vishanti,You shall be there!

Defenders I#29: Strange invoked the eternal Vishanti to cast a spell of mass sleep over the Badoon army in the town.

Doctor Strange II#10: Conjure: the Illusion of Reality:

In the name of the Eternal Vishanti,I conjure the illusion of reality for humanity's minds once more!

Doctor Strange II#11: Exclamation:By Hoggoth's Hosts...

Doctor Strange II#13: Exclamation:By the Hoary Hordes of Hoggoth!

Defenders I#36: Exclamation:By Vishanti![Interrupted]

Defenders I#37:

Control: plants:

In the name of the Vishanti..let the vines which
imprison us be sundered![Failed]

Exclamation:No, by the Vishanti, no![Strange resisted to the thirst of blood in his mind.]Exclamation:Satan? Vishanti preserve us![Lord Phyffe]Exclamation:But may Vishanti protect me--!Exclamation:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!

Doctor Strange II#18: Exclamation:By the Hosts of Hoggoth!

Doctor Strange II#19: Banish: Skeletal Illusion

By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth --Away with you! Away! --In the name of the Eternal Vishanti --Return to the earth & mud which spawned you!Begone!

Doctor Strange II#20:

Conjure: Power:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth -- Give me power! Give me the power! The power!Banish: Winds of Watoomb:In the name of the Eternal Vishanti -- let the Winds of Watoomb cease!Banish: Bands of Cyttorak:In the name of the eternal Vishanti...

[Note: Strange casted an Incantation of Dispel on the Bands created byXander; the bands were green?]

Doctor Strange Annual#1:

Exclamation:In the name of the eternal Vishanti...Exclamation:In the name of the eternal Vishanti...no!Control: Power Over Others:

In the name of the Eternal Vishanti -- cease!

[Note: "An Enchantment that None Can Resist.", accompanied by a mudra linking the little fingers of both hands together]

Doctor Strange II#22:

Exclamation:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!Control: Psychoprophylaxis

By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth --by all that is sacred and true!By the sinister Sons of Satannish --let Clea's mind be new!

[The psychic vermin in Clea's mind resisted only for some seconds, then vanished.]

Doctor Strange II#23:

In the name of the all-seeing Vishanti,that demon must be stopped!

Banish: Misbegotten Roots:

By the power of the dread Dormammu --by the omniscience of the venerated Ancient One --I call upon the Eternal Vishanti --for all misbegotten to begone! Begone!

Doctor Strange II#24:

Exclamation:...by the eternal Vishanti![Note: the previous enchantment did not work, so Strange tried to draw more power from another source.]Exclamation:...by the Vishanti! The door is resisting my spell
of admittance?! Then I must call upon more...eh?

Doctor Strange II#26: Exclamation:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!

Doctor Strange II#27: Exclamation:The Vishanti be praised..I have emerged in the
very vicinity of the wheel!

Doctor Strange II#28: Exclamation:By Hoggoth!

Defenders I#57:

Exclamation:By the Vishanti!

..but by the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth I say begone!
Trouble my house no more!

[Cancelled the image of Ms. Marvel projected by the Eye of Agamotto.]

Defenders I#58:

Exclamation:By the Vishanti!Exclamation:By Hoggoth!Exclamation:By the Vishanti!

By Oshtur's fearsome visage,before which all things do shake,by Hoggoth's hoary legionswhich bid the cosmos quake....

[Note: This is a re-use of the spell to awaken the Ancient One in Doctor Strange I#170.]

Doctor Strange II#33:

Exclamation:Praise the Vishanti!Exclamation:By Hoggoth![Clea]

Doctor Strange II#34:

Exclamation: ...my power is great enough to challenge the Vishanti themeselves.[Cyrus Black]Exclamation:By Hoggoth!Exclamation: By the Vishanti!

Doctor Strange II#35: Exclamation:By Hoggoth!

Doctor Strange II#36: Exclamation:By the Vishanti!

Doctor Strange II#38:

Summon: Astral Body to Earth Plane

In the name of the Eternal Vishanti!Let the trances by donelet the veil be torn,with new life begun,be you now -- reborn!

Exclamation:By the Vishanti,...Exclamation:Hoggoth take me for a novice!Exclamation:By the Vishanti,...

Doctor Strange II#39:

Banish: Illusion:

By the Omnipotent Oshtur!By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!In the name of the Eternal Vishanti!Spirit form -- begone!Return to the dust from whence thou came!

Exclamation:Vishanti be praised--[Clea]Exclamation:By the eternal--

Doctor Strange II#40:

Exclamation:Hounds of Hoggoth![Note: the invocation was directed to the Hounds and not to Hoggoth himself.]Exclamation:The Vishanti be praised!

By the Hoary Hosts of HoggothBy the Flawless Faltine's flamelet thy wicked power vanish!Go back to whence thou came!

[Note: same as Strange Tales I#160. The spell was working butAzraelaged it in seconds, making it useless.)]

Exclamation:Praise the Vishanti!

Man-Thing II#4:

Conjure: Hoggoth's Fist

In the name of the dread Dormammu,by the power of the deathless Vishanti,I call upon the Hosts of Hoggoth,heed the words of thy mortal servant--and strike!

Exclamation:By the Vishanti!

Doctor Strange II#41:

Exclamation:In Hoggoth's name...where are we?Exclamation:By the Vishanti!Exclamation:By the Vishanti!Exclamation:By the Vishanti!

Doctor Strange II#42: Exclamation:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!

Defenders I#71: Translation Incantation

Large folk and small folk and folk in between.All have a way to tell what they've seen.By the powers that beckon and the powers that reach,let each of these folk understand the other's speech.By the all-seeing Vishanti let this spell be sealed![Clea]

Defenders I#72:

Restore Nifflim's mounts to full vigor and they obey to Dr.Strange's commands:

By Hoggoth's Hoary Hosts,by the venerated ghosts,let the beasts wake again,let the wings be free of pain...

Exclamation:... By the Eternal Vishanti, so be it!

Defenders I#73: Exclamation:The Vishanti be praised...

Defenders I#79:

Exclamation:Oshtur be praised...

Illusion: to end a spell of disguise

By the Vishanti's deeming,no threat to fear,let fade the seeming,let truth appear!

[Note: it does not work if any enemy could see the disguised ones.]

Defenders I#80: Exclamation:...by the Vishanti... [Clea]

Doctor Strange II#43:

Exclamation:By the Vishanti!Conjure: The Symbol of the Vishanti

[Note:
no sorcerer consecrated to evil could stand to look at the Symbol. The
signal affects them as a crucifix affects Vampires. Cast byBayan/Silver Foxand Doctor Strange.]

Exclamation:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!Conjure: Hand of Hoggoth [Note: Streams of fire became enchanted steel, very similar to the Hoggoth's Fist in Man-Thing II#4.]

By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth, I now banish you to a plane where you'll not harm anyone-- ever!

[Note:Xennuswas banished in a plane so far that he could not interfere with Earth.]

Marvel Team-Up#111: Exclamation:By the Hosts of Hoggoth...

Marvel Team-Up I#112:

Exclamation:Vishanti be praised![Clea]Exclamation:Che Vishanti conceda pace alla sua anima.translated as:May the Vishanti grant peace to his soul?Hmmm...Marvel Team-Up I#112 doesn't have Clea, nor do I see any
reference to Oshtur or the Vishanti...must be from some other
issue...anyone?--Snood

Doctor Strange II#47:

Exclamation:By the Vishanti!Exclamation:...thank Hoggoth,...[Clea]Exclamation:By the Vishanti!Exclamation:By all the Hoary Hosts...!Exclamation:Praise the Vishanti, it worked![Note: Strange had casted the Disks of Denak.]

Doctor Strange II#48:

Exclamation:By Hoggoth!Exorcism:

By the grace of the Vishanti, by the wastes of Ikthalon--let these ciphers live as men now, and let loa's hold be gone!

Exclamation:By the Vishanti!Exclamation:Clea, Vishanti be praised![A native of the Dark Dimension.]Banish: Mordo

And now, by Agamotto, by Hoggoth and Oshtur--by you three who are Vishanti,famed beyond all spheres or star...heed the call of Doctor Strange,scion of the Ancient One!By the power that you grant meshall Mordo be undone!

[Note: it worked only partially. Mordo faked his defeat.]

Doctor Strange II#50:

Exclamation:By Hoggoth![Clea]

Control:

At my command let the battle cease!Forget this fight and be at peace!By Ikonn's sands and Hoggath's Horde,let all beyond me be restored!

[Note:
A minor incantation. A bar brawl was put to rest. People forgot the
fight, things broken were back at their places and even Nick Fury's
shave became perfect. The spell did not affect the barman because he
was under Dr. Strange's cloak.]

Exclamation:By the Vishanti!Exclamation:By Hoggoth,...By the mighty Vishanti, by the three over all--hear the plea of this mystic, and bring my foe's fall!

Restoration Spell:

Now by mystic light expanding from far Nirvalon's bright sea,hear me once again, Vishanti,-- and let what was 'gain be!

Doctor Strange II#58:

Exclamation:May the Vishanti smile upon you![Strange to Genghis]Exclamation:By Hoggoth!Exclamation:By Hoggoth!

Doctor Strange II#59: Exclamation:By the Hoary Hosts!

Doctor Strange II#60: Exclamation:By the Vishanti, no!

Doctor Strange II#61: Conjure: Sphere of Nirvalon

By the three who are Vishanti let me end this reign of fear!Hold back this force infernal, with a Nirvalonic sphere.

[Note: the shpere cut off the power coming out from the Darkhold.]

Doctor Strange II#62:

Exclamation:By the Vishanti![Note: While erecting a Seraphimic Shield.]By the three who are Vishanti, by the power over all,stryke ye down this thing infernal! Lead him to his final fall!

Avengers I#240 Exclamation: By Hoggoth...

Daredevil Annual#5 Banish: demon: By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth, by the silver strands of fate-- demon, begone to dark domain, and let white light seal this gate!

Fantastic Four#252 Exclamation: By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!

Moon Knight I#36:

By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth and the light of truth that ever last...Bolts of Bedevilment banish these fiends of the infernal past!

Doctor Strange II#64: Exorcism:

By the all-wise Vishantiby Ikonn's ritual of ever-shifting sandlet this soul have what is it's own...and let the demon begone from the man!

Doctor Strange II#65:

Banish:

Hear me now o wise Vishanti! Grant my plea for strength anew--that I might save all innocents from this unholy crew!Winds of Watoomb build and swirl 'round these creatures so profane...let the flawless Flames of the Faltine drive them back to Pohldahk's plane!

[Note:
the winds drew back the demons in the portal from whence they came. The
invocation of the Vishanti could be given to strengthen the spell or to
exclude and save the innocents from the cyclonic winds.]

Exclamation:Vishanti be praised!

Dottor Strange II#68: Exclamation:Praise the Vishanti!

Dottor Strange II#69:

Exclamation:By the Vishanti!Exclamation:By Hoggoth

Doctor Strange II#70:

Banish: Storms

Back, ye forces most accursed-- get ye from this blessed place!Flee before the light untainted born of the all-seeing face!Hands of Oshtur, Hordes of Hoggoth, heed my call...empower my spell that the powers which oppose me be returned to where they dwell.

Exclamation:By the Vishanti![Strange recognized some spires, typical of the dimension of Kobar and suspected the Kobarian mage Tymon.]Exclamation:By the Vishanti!Exclamation:By Hoggoth!

[Note: An oil black globe surrounded Strange, protecting him from Goblin-blasts and grenades.A secondary effect put on the Sphere was to absorb all magical force in a given area.A third effect was that time passed more quickly in the immediate vicinity of the Sphere.]

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#14:

Exclamation:By Hoggoth's Hoary Hosts...

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#15:

May the Vishanti's power, like a mystic wavewhich gives them any shape they crave--upon yon vampire's spell now place their ban--revert him from his bat-like form--to man!

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#16/1:

On these, let Hoggoth lay his hoary hand--divide each soul from animated crust--and may each corpse which now does lifeless fall--be turned by Oshtur into scattered dust!

[Note: The spell forced the bat to revert in the humanoid, vampiric form of Victor Strange.]

May the three Vishanti and crimson Cyttorak now grant me power o'er these Dark Hordes--that they all be hurled back!

[Note:
Strange recited the spell over and over with minor variations,
cornering the Mindless Ones until he hurled back them to the Dark
Dimension]

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#23/1:

Exclamation:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!Exclamation:Hoggoth help me...

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#24:By the Eternal Vishanti, by the power of Satannish...[Interrupted.]

Namor the Sub-Mariner Annual#1: Exclamation:Hoggoth!

Marvel Super Heroes III#5:

By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth, hear my spell and magic's song...in the name of the Vishanti, now make right what has gone--

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#27/1:

By the grey specter of the Vishanti, I summon all the mystic forces of the shadow worlds!I call on the hosts of darkness--strike--strike at the command of your master!

Conjure: Dimensional Portal + Banish:

May the lance of Omnipotent Oshtur hurled by Hoggoth's white, wondrous hand,now smite this cubed portal, and send it back home to that thrice-doomed land!

[Note: a vortex pulled the aliens in a cubed portal.]

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#28:

Exclamation:By the three who are the Vishanti!Exclamation:By the Hoary Hordes of Hoggoth...!By the power of triple Vishanti--let thy... [Interrupted by one of the Dykkors.]

Exclamation:Holy Hoggoth!

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#29:

Exclamation:By Hoggoth!

Incantation of Exorcism:

In the name of the All-Freeing--by the Orb of the All-Seeing--be Oshtur's might omnipotentfrom distant bright domain be sent--may now the flames of the fierce Faltinerise in crescendo at my keen--and in epic, awesome test--drive out the Demon from Topaz's breast![The exorcism probably continued...]

[Note: Strange performed the spell on Topaz, who was into a Circle of Containment. Three items were needed:some fur from her Werewolf friend,Jack Russell;fire from one of the Dykkors;talon of a vampire taken when he was in bat form.]

Infinity Gauntlet#1: Exclamation:By Hoggoth!

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#31/1: Control: Mind:

By the blinding white of Hoggoth's hoary swarm--by the awesome eye which gleams on Agamotto's brow--by the moonlight thrust by Munnopor like a sword--let me enter the mind of this being--now!

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#33/1:

Time: Distortion:

May the stars that are Eternity's face now cease to move--be Heaven's chimera!Let Hoggoth's hand, through time and space now grasp some talisman in a passing era!

[Note: the spell was weak against the time-maelstrom created by Thanos. Strange was helped by Clea.]

Exclamation:...and if you had the brains Hoggoth gave to his hordes...Time: Distortion:

Yecyotl talxicco onoc--Ka-tzih ta ch'uxoc Vishanti!

[Note: reading the Scroll of Vishanti. It finally freed Strange and Clea from the Time-maelstrom.]

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#35: Exclamation:By Hoggoth!

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#36:

Exclamation:By the Hoary Hordes of Hoggoth!Exclamation: ...by the eternal Vishanti!

Avengers West Coast#78:

May Hoggoth's hand enclose this room,
like a white, enfolding flame--
that these creatures be, by Great Watoomb--
blown back whence they came!

May the hoary hand of Hoggoth my cloistered mind unchain--that the fears which man beset--now flow into my brain!

Exclamation:Thank the Vishanti...Exclamation:By Hoggoth!

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#40:

Strange
invoked the Vishanti, Oshtur and Hoggoth but he was already under the
D'Spayre's influence and he did not put his heart in the spell. So, the
spell was too weak to have effect.Exclamation:By Hoggoth...

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#41:

Exclamation:By Hoggoth's hordes![Clea]Exclamation:Hoggoth...!

Infinity War#1:By Vishanti!

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#42:

Exclamation:By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!

[Note:
Strange admitted that he used this expression too often, but claimed
that this time was entirely involuntary. This implies that many other
times he pronounced this expression with purpose, explicitly asking for
help/power from Hoggoth.]

Exclamation:The Vishanti preserve us!Conjure: Path of Force.

...and may great Hoggoth's hoary hand,and all the hordes that with him stand,now open paths through steel and debris--that Dr. Strange shall be set free--to turn that power upon his foe--to topple him and lay him low!

[Note: the force had even Galactus lose balance.]

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#43:

Strange prayed Hoggoth and managed to set free from the Orb of Agamotto.Strange
hurled beams of mystic energy in every direction. After some minutes
Hoggoth and Oshtur appeared, attracted from Strange and from the
dimension-blasting fight between Agamotto and Galactus.

Exclamation:Hosts of Hoggoth![Clea]Exclamation:Praise the Vishanti![Clea]

Amazing Spider-Man Annual#14: Exclamation:Hosts of Hoggoth...!

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#45:

Exclamation:By the Vishanti![Strange was surprised at seeing Death.]

Let the hoary hand of Hoggoth now scatter bones like dust--let the power of mighty Oshtur do that which Oshtur must!Let the gaze of Agamotto wither him who takes no breath--let the wrath of all be pointed-- the way to dusky death![Strange attacked Death, but he only destroyed one of its images.]

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#46:

Exclamation:Hoggoth,...Exclamation:Hoggoth!

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#47:

Exclamation:Thank Hoggoth!Exclamation:...thank the Vishanti!Conjure: power [Note: Strange called every entity he knew to contrastNecromancer's power.]

Silver Surfer Annual#15: Exclamation:Hoggoth!

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#48:

Font of wisdom, source of light--heed now your servant's plight!Mine eyes dim, my limbs grow weak--grant now the sanctuary that I seek!Aid me now, O great Vishanti--against the loath-- some spawn of Ygoth.By the names, I call thee--Aggamotto, Ostur and Hoggoth!

[Note: a great explosion burned the cyclopeans. The Vishanti summoned Strange before of them.]

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme#49: Emancipation Incantation:

Satannish Watoomb and RagadorrIkonn, the Seraphim and CyttorakAgamotto, Oshtur and MuniporrHoggoth, the Faltine, Valtorr and DenakThose whom I've named plus others I've omittedThose who threatened my cherished libertyHark to this irrevocable decree:Such an enslavement will not be permittedYour claims on my person I now rejectAll demands of servitude I must denyFor your wisdom and might I've the utmost respectBut the price of its use is far too highBetter the path I walk be mine aloneHear now these words: let my fate be my own!